Is the ideal man a waif or an Adonis? That’s the question New York Fashion Week will answer. Though rail-thin male models have dominated the last ten years on the catwalk, muscle-bound men are interrupting their spotlight — bringing along their inguinal creases. »9/04/14 6:30pm 9/04/14 6:30pm

Hedi Slimane presented the Saint Laurent spring 2014 line in Paris, and it is exceedingly tacky. Not subversive tacky, not thoughtful tacky — it looks like if someone took a teenaged girl with a vague interest in alternative music to a Forever 21 and said, "Quick! You have 15 minutes to find an outfit for my… »10/01/13 12:40pm 10/01/13 12:40pm

Yves Saint Laurent's treatment of the press under new creative director Hedi Slimane has been perhaps the most talked-about event of this fashion season. It's a perfect case study in how not to do public relations — but it's also an illustration of the broader problems that dog fashion, a field of endeavor that is… »10/04/12 7:13pm 10/04/12 7:13pm

Former Dior Homme designer Hedi Slimane has posted a gorgeous gallery of images on his blog, featuring a young woman with large eyes, dark hair and delicate text tattoos. She is Ms. Frances Bean Cobain. Huh? What? Why? We don't know. We only know she's stunning. »8/09/11 11:50am 8/09/11 11:50am

Move over, paparazzi: street-style chroniclers can now command up to $1,000 for choice shots. But don't get too excited: we're talking the "Bloggers Walk" at Paris Fashion Week — and apparently these require pap-level aggression and commitment. In other words, more than a casual interest and a digital cam. [… »3/21/11 11:53am 3/21/11 11:53am

French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld's shock announcement that she's leaving the magazine has spurred one juicy rumor: that she was fired. As the story goes, luxury brands were threatening to pull their advertising, and so Roitfeld was pushed out. »12/20/10 3:40pm 12/20/10 3:40pm

Lanvin and H&M have released another campaign image from their forthcoming collaboration, which hits stores November 23. Lanvin's signature hot-pink leopard print is well represented. Could this be the mass-market designer collection that looks most like the real thing? [VogueUK]

After Tom Brady's game on Monday night, maybe-cheatingGisele Bündchen called shotgun for the ride home while he was relegated to the back seat. (They have a driver.) Clearly we can infer that she is a castrating Brazilian super-harpy. [People]

After Crystal Renn walked in Chanel's resort show last week, looking beautiful and fierce, there was a flurry of "OOH GROUNDBREAKING!" buzz about the pictures, given that Crystal is nominally plus-sized and Karl Lagerfeld has made some colorfully fat-phobic comments. »5/19/10 5:30pm 5/19/10 5:30pm

There are basically two kinds of models. There are the just-add-water girls whose first jobs are instant catapults to breathtaking industry fame. And then there are girls like Lara Stone. (Some images NSFW.) »1/27/09 3:00pm 1/27/09 3:00pm

Russia's fashion elite feel the financial burn; neglect shopping. "Usually abuzz with Moscow's rich, the shop was populated only by the mounds of black caviar and giant lobsters left untouched in fridges." [Reuters]

Poor Posh. After the embarrassingly poor sales of her denim line and ensuing abandonment by retailers, we hear that her men's dVb line has been pushed back "until next year" by L.A. boutique Kitson. Plucky Posh is undaunted, having spoken of her desire to launch a couture line and show at New York's fashion week. dVb…

Who is Tory Burch's elusive 23-year old stepdaughter Pookie? On Mondays, Pookie interns for Bruce Weber, and the rest of the week she works as the assistant to the president of Carolina Herrera, and she was (allegedly) responsible for the magical pairing of New York's leading faux-WASP ice princess with Princess…